Add wxStandardPaths::GetSharedLibrariesDir()

This function returns the directory with the application's shared
libraries, which is different from the plugins directory under Mac.

Closes #24052.

include/wx/msw/stdpaths.h

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxStandardPaths : public wxStandardPathsBase
     virtual wxString GetUserDataDir() const override;
     virtual wxString GetUserLocalDataDir() const override;
     virtual wxString GetPluginsDir() const override;
+    virtual wxString GetSharedLibrariesDir() const override;
     virtual wxString GetUserDir(Dir userDir) const override;
     virtual wxString MakeConfigFileName(const wxString& basename,
                                         ConfigFileConv conv = ConfigFileConv_Ext

include/wx/osx/cocoa/stdpaths.h

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxStandardPaths : public wxStandardPathsBase
     virtual wxString GetLocalDataDir() const override;
     virtual wxString GetUserDataDir() const override;
     virtual wxString GetPluginsDir() const override;
+    virtual wxString GetSharedLibrariesDir() const override;
     virtual wxString GetResourcesDir() const override;
     virtual wxString
     GetLocalizedResourcesDir(const wxString& lang,

include/wx/stdpaths.h

@@ -129,6 +129,9 @@ class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxStandardPathsBase
     // Contents/Plugins app bundle subdirectory under Mac
     virtual wxString GetPluginsDir() const = 0;
 
+    // return the directory where the shared libraries live
+    virtual wxString GetSharedLibrariesDir() const;
+
     // get resources directory: resources are auxiliary files used by the
     // application and include things like image and sound files
     //
@@ -252,6 +255,7 @@ class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxStandardPaths : public wxStandardPathsBase
     virtual wxString GetLocalDataDir() const { return m_prefix; }
     virtual wxString GetUserDataDir() const { return m_prefix; }
     virtual wxString GetPluginsDir() const { return m_prefix; }
+    virtual wxString GetSharedLibrariesDir() const override { return m_prefix; }
     virtual wxString GetUserDir(Dir WXUNUSED(userDir)) const { return m_prefix; }
     virtual wxString
     MakeConfigFileName(const wxString& basename,

include/wx/unix/stdpaths.h

@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxStandardPaths : public wxStandardPathsBase
     virtual wxString GetPluginsDir() const override;
     virtual wxString GetLocalizedResourcesDir(const wxString& lang,
                                               ResourceCat category) const override;
+    virtual wxString GetSharedLibrariesDir() const override;
 #ifndef __VMS
     virtual wxString GetUserDir(Dir userDir) const override;
 #endif

interface/wx/stdpaths.h

@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ class wxStandardPaths
     /**
         Return the program installation prefix, e.g.\ @c /usr, @c /opt or @c /home/zeitlin.
 
-        If the prefix had been previously by SetInstallPrefix(), returns that
+        If the prefix had been previously set by SetInstallPrefix(), returns that
         value, otherwise tries to determine it automatically (Linux only right now)
         and finally returns the default @c /usr/local value if it failed.
 
@@ -441,6 +441,22 @@ class wxStandardPaths
     */
     virtual wxString GetUserLocalDataDir() const;
 
+    /**
+        Return OS specific directory where project shared liraries are.
+
+        The function does the same thing as GetPluginsDir() under non-Mac platforms
+        but differs from it under Mac, where plugins (shared libraries loaded by the
+        application dynamically while it's running) and shared libraries (that the
+        application is statically linked with) are stored in different directories.
+
+        - Windows: returns the folder where the application binary is located
+        - Unix:    returns the libraries installation path, i.e. /usr/lib
+        - Mac:     returns `Contents/Frameworks` bundle subdirectory
+
+        @since 3.3.0
+    */
+    virtual wxString GetSharedLibrariesDir() const;
+
     /**
         MSW-specific function to customize application directory detection.
 

src/common/stdpbase.cpp

@@ -171,3 +171,7 @@ wxString wxStandardPathsBase::AppendAppInfo(const wxString& dir) const
     return subdir;
 }
 
+wxString wxStandardPathsBase::GetSharedLibrariesDir() const
+{
+    return {};
+}

src/msw/stdpaths.cpp

@@ -348,6 +348,12 @@ wxStandardPaths::MakeConfigFileName(const wxString& basename,
     return fn.GetFullName();
 }
 
+wxString wxStandardPaths::GetSharedLibrariesDir() const
+{
+    wxFileName fn( GetExecutablePath() );
+    return fn.GetPath();
+}
+
 // ============================================================================
 // wxStandardPathsWin16 implementation
 // ============================================================================

src/osx/cocoa/stdpaths.mm

@@ -145,4 +145,11 @@ ConfigFileConv WXUNUSED(conv)) const
     return fn.GetFullName();
 }
 
+wxString wxStandardPaths::GetSharedLibrariesDir() const
+{
+    // Shared libraries on OSX should be stored inside the
+    // <Bundle.app>/Contents/Frameworks
+    return wxCFStringRef::AsString([NSBundle mainBundle].privateFrameworksPath);
+}
+
 #endif // wxUSE_STDPATHS

src/unix/stdpaths.cpp

@@ -369,4 +369,9 @@ wxStandardPaths::MakeConfigFileName(const wxString& basename,
     return fn.GetFullName();
 }
 
+wxString wxStandardPaths::GetSharedLibrariesDir() const
+{
+    return GetInstallPrefix() + "/lib";
+}
+
 #endif // wxUSE_STDPATHS

tests/interactive/output.cpp

@@ -403,6 +403,7 @@ void InteractiveOutputTestCase::TestStandardPaths()
     wxPrintf(wxT("Executable path:\t%s\n"), stdp.GetExecutablePath());
     wxPrintf(wxT("Plugins dir:\t\t%s\n"), stdp.GetPluginsDir());
     wxPrintf(wxT("Resources dir:\t\t%s\n"), stdp.GetResourcesDir());
+    wxPrintf( "Shared Libraries dir:\t\t%s\n", stdp.GetSharedLibrariesDir() );
     wxPrintf(wxT("Localized res. dir:\t%s\n"),
              stdp.GetLocalizedResourcesDir(wxT("fr")));
     wxPrintf(wxT("Message catalogs dir:\t%s\n"),